ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51928
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:39 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF357 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boezemlaan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
A Short Stirling I bomber, EF357, was heading back to the U.K. following a bombing mission to Duisburg.
The aircraft was hit by Flak, and ultimately shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield) and crashed in Crooswijk, Rotterdam, at the crossing of the Boezemlaan, Boezemstraat and Bosdreef.
Call Sign: OJ-V
Takeoff time: 00:49
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. E.G. Bass 1388099 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 32
Flight engineer Sgt. F.G. Salter 1263273 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 35-36
Navigator Sgt. K.G. Roots 1322042 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 34
Nav ba F/O. R.F. Kingham 127104 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 40
Wo ag Sgt. J.G. Newall 1083960 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 35-36
Air gunner Sgt. R.D. Evans 530757 RAF Rotterdam LL 1 33
Air gunner Sgt. D.B. Sach 1338727 RAF Rotterdam LL 2 37
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2297&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
De Oud Rotterdammer, 17 maart 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Mar-2015 12:22 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2018 19:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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